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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2000 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

Rolla, MO

( Micropolitan Statistical Area )

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )
( patent counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see the Explanation of Data )
( regional areas are based on U.S. Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 2 1 1 2 6 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 1 37
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 17
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 16
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 1 12
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 8
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
348 Television 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
042 Firearms 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 8 7 13 13 11 12 11 6 12 11 21 13 26 22 20 20 226


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